The detailed syllabus for RRB CBT-2 is given below. Candidates can download the official pdf from the link given below.
2nd Stage CBT:
Short listing of Candidates for the 2nd Stage CBT exam shall be based on the normalized marks obtained by them in the 1st Stage CBT Exam. Total number of candidates to be shortlisted for 2nd Stage shall be 15 times the community wise total vacancy of Posts notified against the RRB as per their merit in 1st
Stage CBT. However, Railways reserve the right to increase/decrease
this limit in total or for any specific category(s) as required to
ensure availability of adequate candidates for all the notified posts.
Duration : 120 minutes (160 Minutes for eligible PwBD candidates accompanied with Scribe)
No of Questions : 150
Syllabus:
The Questions
will be of objective type with multiple choices and are likely to
include questions pertaining to General Awareness, Physics and
Chemistry, Basics of Computers and Applications, Basics of Environment
and Pollution Control and Technical abilities for the post. The syllabus
for General Awareness, Physics and Chemistry, Basics of Computers and
Applications, Basics of Environment and Pollution Control is common for
all notified posts under this CEN as detailed below:-
- General Awareness :
Knowledge of Current affairs, Indian
geography, culture and history of India including freedom struggle,
Indian Polity and constitution, Indian Economy, Environmental issues
concerning India and the World, Sports, General scientific and
technological developments etc.
2. Physics and Chemistry: Up to 10th standard CBSE syllabus.
3. Basics of Computers and Applications:
Architecture of Computers; input and
Output devices; Storage devices, Networking, Operating System like
Windows, Unix, Linux; MS Office; Various data representation; Internet
and Email; Websites & Web Browsers; Computer Virus.
4. Basics of Environment and Pollution Control:
Basics of Environment; Adverse effect of
environmental pollution and control strategies; Air, water and Noise
pollution, their effect and control; Waste Management, Global warming;
Acid rain; Ozone depletion.
5. Technical Abilities:
The educational qualifications mentioned
against each post shown in Annexure-A, have been grouped into different
exam groups as below. Questions on the Technical abilities will be
framed in the syllabus defined for various Exam Groups given at
Annexure-VII-A, B, C, D, E, F & G.
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks for each Section |
| Stage-II | Stage-II | |
| General Awareness | 15 | 15 |
| Physics & Chemistry | 15 | 15 |
| Basics of Computers and Applications | 10 | 10 |
| Basics of Environment and Pollution Control | 10 | 10 |
| Technical Abilities | 100 | 100 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
| Time in Minutes | 120 |
The section wise distribution given
in the above table is only indicative and there may be some variations
in the actual question papers.
Minimum percentage of marks for
eligibility in various categories: UR -40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST -25%.
This percentage of marks for eligibility may be relaxed by 2% for PwBD
candidates, in case of shortage of PwBD candidates against vacancies
reserved for them.
